Lonely Mountain Brewing

Sunday, January 26, 2014

I was lucky enough to get a new dual tap draft tower for christmas and have installed it! I also received a tap from the brewery in my hometown.

I have been using an app on my iPhone called BrewPal and I highly recommend it. The ease and helpfulness of this app have made brew days a lot easier!

Now on to brewing! A few weeks back I made my first ESB based off a recipe I found on homebrewtalk.com. I put that beer in the keg yesterday and so far it tasted great, it may replace my
Irish Red as a must-have-on-tap beer. It was the first time, in a really long time, that I felt 110% confident and I think it shows in this beer. The recipe is as follows:

I added 1 tsp of Gypsum to the mash water and 1 tsp to the sparge water. (We have really great water here in Portland, fairly close to distilled water)

The beer had to following properties:

OG 1.061 FG 1.009
ABV 6.8%
IBU's 33

In 2 weeks I will be brewing 2 batches. The first will be to get my Irish Red back on tap by St. Patrick's Day and the second will be 3 gallons of Chocolate Coffee Stout for my sister in-laws 21st birthday.

Thursday, December 12, 2013

This weekend will bring to a close a 18 month brewing absence from my all grain system and brewing with my father in-law and mother in-law. We have brewed several time together since my wife and I moved to Oregon, but it has been too long since the last time.(May of 2012) Needless to say its time. No I'm on the fence with what to brew and anytime I'm on the fence I usually just brew both. So we will be seeing a IPA and NW IPA being made this weekend.

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I have been home brewing since December of 2007, and really enjoy the hobby. I try to make an Irish Red Ale about every two months, as it seems to be a crowd pleaser. I really enjoy talking to people about the brewing process and showing people how to make beer. I have recently started brewing with my in-laws, who are avid beer lovers.